# forte
## English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed 1640–50; earlier fort < Middle French; disyllabic pronunciation by association with Italian forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”). Doublet of fort and fortis.

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfɔːteɪ/, /ˈfɔːti/, /fɔːt/
** Audio (Southern England); /ˈfɔːteɪ/:(file)
** Audio (Southern England); /ˈfɔːti/:(file)
** Audio (Southern England); /fɔːt/:(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈfoɹ.teɪ/, /ˈfoɹti/, /foɹt/
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
* (non-hoarse-horse) IPA: (rhotic) /ˈfoːɹt/, (non-rhotic) /ˈfoət/

#### Noun

forte (plural fortes)
* A strength or talent; a strong point.
    He writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.
** 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 115:Between ourselves, the country is rather triste, and you have given me positively a sensation; yet my forte is not the Arcadian: however, I will do my petit possible to console you for the loss of le beau Lindor, who was my predecessor.
* The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.

##### Synonyms

* See Thesaurus:forte

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian forte (“strong”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfɔː.teɪ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈfoɹ.teɪ/
* (non-hoarse-horse) IPA: (rhotic) /ˈfoːɹteɪ/, (non-rhotic) /ˈfoəteɪ/

#### Adverb

forte (comparative more forte, superlative most forte)
* (music) Loudly, as a dynamic in a piece of music.
    (abbreviation) f
    The musicians played the passage forte.

##### Related terms

* fortepiano
* fortissimo
* fortississimo
* mezzo forte
* pianoforte

##### Translations
#### Adjective

forte (comparative more forte, superlative most forte)
* (music) Loud.
    This passage is forte, then there's a diminuendo to mezzo piano.

##### Translations
#### Noun

forte (plural fortes)
* A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
    This forte marks the climax of the second movement.

##### Related terms

* dagesh forte
* eau forte
* peine forte et dure
* piano-forte
* powder-forte

##### See also

* piano

### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 “forte”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. (which notates force words like this noun /ɔr, oʊr/, vs north words like this adjective as just /ɔr/)
* 1 2 William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “forte”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes II (D–Hoon), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Foret, fetor, frote, ofter

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɒːd̥ə]

### Etymology 1

From Old Danish forta, fortæ (“space around a horse”), see fortov (“pavement”).

#### Noun

forte c (singular definite forten, plural indefinite forter)
* (historical) open space in a village
* (historical) enclosed cattle path

##### Further reading

* “Forte,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

### Etymology 2

From Italian forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”).

#### Adverb

forte
* (music) forte, loudly
    Antonym: piano

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈforte]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -orte
* Hyphenation: for‧te

### Adverb

forte
* strongly

#### Related terms

* forta
* forto
* malforta
* perforto

#### See also

* fortika

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔʁt/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Adjective

forte f sg
* feminine singular of fort

### Anagrams

* foret, forêt

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔɾte/ [ˈfɔɾ.t̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -ɔɾte
* Hyphenation: for‧te

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese forte, from Latin fortis, fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

#### Adjective

forte m or f (plural fortes)
* strong

##### Derived terms

* fortemente

##### Related terms

* fortalecer
* fortaleza
* fortificar
* forza

### Etymology 2

From praza forte, "strong place".

#### Noun

forte m (plural fortes)
* fortress

##### Derived terms

* fortín

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “forte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “forte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “forte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “forte”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “forte”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “forte” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin fortem, from Old Latin forctis, fortis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔr.te/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrte
* Hyphenation: fòr‧te

### Noun

forte m (plural forti)
* fort, fortress
    Synonyms: fortezza, fortilizio, fortino, bicocca, piazzaforte, roccaforte, ridotta
* a strength or talent
    La chimica non è il mio forte(please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Adjective

forte (plural forti, superlative fortissimo)
* strong
    Sono alto e forte. ― I am tall and strong.
* (linguistics) stressed
    vocali forti ― stressed vowel

#### Synonyms

* robusto

#### Antonyms

* debole

#### Related terms

* fortemente
* fortezza
* fortificare
* forza

### Further reading

* forte in Dizionario di Italiano online - La Repubblica

## Latin
### Etymology 1

From the ablative of fors (“chance, luck”).

#### Noun

forte
* ablative singular of fors

#### Adverb

forte (not comparable)
* by chance, accidentally
    Synonym: temere
* once, once upon a time
* perhaps, perchance
* as luck would have it
* as it (just so) happens/happened

##### Synonyms

* (by chance): fortuītō
* (perhaps): forsit, forsitan, fortasse, fortassis

##### Related terms

* fors
* forsan
* forsit
* forsitan
* fortasse
* fortassis
* fortuītō
* fortuītus
* fortūna

### Etymology 2

From fortis.

#### Adjective

forte
* nominative/vocative/accusative singular neuter of fortis

### References

* “forte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “forte”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* forte in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* forte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere

## Norman
### Adjective

forte f
* feminine singular of fort

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Adjective

forte
* definite singular of fort
* plural of fort

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔɾ.te/

### Adjective

forte m or f by sense (plural fortes)
* strong; powerful (capable of producing great physical force)
* (of wind, water, etc.) strong; fast moving etc.
* (of a disease or symptom) strong; severe
* fortified (of a castle)

#### Derived terms

* fortaleza
* fortemente

#### Related terms

* esforçado
* esforçar
* esforço
* força
* forçadamente
* forçado
* forçador
* forçar
* forçoso

#### Descendants

* Fala: forti
* Galician: forte
* Portuguese: forte

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "forte"

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese forte, from Latin fortis (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈfɔh.t͡ʃi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈfɔh.t͡ʃi]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈfɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈfɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈfɔχ.t͡ʃi]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔɻ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɔɾ.tɨ/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔh.tɪ/, /fɔhtʲ/, /fɔʈʲ/
* Hyphenation: for‧te

### Noun

forte m (plural fortes)
* strength (pronounced quality), strong suit
* fortress
    Synonym: fortaleza

### Adjective

forte m or f (plural fortes, comparable, comparative mais forte, superlative o mais forte or fortíssimo, diminutive fortinho, augmentative fortão)
* capable of producing great force; strong; forceful
    O homem forte levantou o carro.The strong man lifted the car.
* capable of withstanding great force; strong; durable
* highly stimulating to the senses; intense; extreme; strong
    Senti um cheiro muito forte.I smelled a very strong odor.
* (euphemistic) fat
    Synonym: gordo

#### Derived terms

* fortemente

#### Related terms

* força
* fortaleza
* fortição
* fortificação

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian forte or Latin fortis.

### Adjective

forte m or f or n (indeclinable)
* strong, powerful

#### Declension
### Adverb

forte
* strongly

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian forte. Doublet of fuerte.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfoɾte/ [ˈfoɾ.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -oɾte
* Syllabification: for‧te

### Adjective

forte m or f (masculine and feminine plural fortes)
* (music) forte

### Adverb

forte
* (music) forte

### Noun

forte m (plural fortes)
* (music) forte

### Further reading

* “forte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian forte.

### Adverb

forte (not comparable)
* (music) forte (loudly)

### Noun

forte n
* (music) forte (passage to be played loudly)

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | forte | fortes |
| singular | definite | fortet | fortets |
| plural | indefinite | forten | fortens |
| plural | definite | fortena | fortenas |

### Further reading

* forte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* forte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* forte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)